The Genetic Epidemiology of Obesity: A Case Study

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 713, Issue , 2011, Pages 227-237

  Johnson, Laura M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appetite; BMI; Energy expenditure; Energy intake; Fat mass; Lean mass; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY MASS; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; OBESITY;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; OBESITY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 79952583702     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-416-6_17     Document Type: Chapter

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